Where is your school is this sentence a question
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The word “school”in this sentence is technically a “collective” noun, which identifies a group of people or things. There are many examples: Where is your army? Where is your team? Where is your furniture? I know that doesn’t fully explain the apparent contradiction of using a singular verb with a noun that seems to define many people or objects. I think British usage varies slightly in some regards in applying this idea, although I can’t recall any examples. The use of the word “data” seems collective as well, but it’s usually used in its plural form: “The data are convincing,” however, grammar usage is alway evolving, and the more common the “mistake” becomes, the more acceptable the mistake becomes. “It’s me” is the most common mistake in English grammar but is now so dominant, it has become the “right” way to say it.
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The second sentence is grammatically correct because there is subject verb agreement. When the subject is singular (school) the verb should equally be singular (is).
Where is (singular verb) your school (singular - subject)?
In the first sentence, you only need to pluralize the subject ‘school' to make it grammatically correct.
Where are (plural verb) your schools (plural - subject)?
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